1、

U_BOOT_CMD(
bootm, CFG_MAXARGS, 1,do_bootm,
"bootm - boot application image from memory\n",
"[addr [arg ...]]\n - boot application image stored in memory\n"
"\tpassing arguments 'arg ...'; when booting a Linux kernel,\n"
"\t'arg' can be the address of an initrd image\n"
#ifdef CONFIG_OF_FLAT_TREE
"\tWhen booting a Linux kernel which requires a flat device-tree\n"
"\ta third argument is required which is the address of the of the\n"
"\tdevice-tree blob. To boot that kernel without an initrd image,\n"
"\tuse a '-' for the second argument. If you do not pass a third\n"
"\ta bd_info struct will be passed instead\n"
#endif
);

根据上面可知：bootm命令的执行函数是do_bootm，函数的最大参数是CFG_MAXARGS。

2、do_bootm函数源码摘要：

SHOW_BOOT_PROGRESS (8);


#if defined(CONFIG_ZIMAGE_BOOT) || defined(CONFIG_IMAGE_BOOT)
after_header_check:
#endif
switch (hdr->ih_os) {
default: /* handled by (original) Linux case */
case IH_OS_LINUX:
#ifdef CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE
fixup_silent_linux();
#endif
do_bootm_linux (cmdtp, flag, argc, argv,
addr, len_ptr, verify);
break;
case IH_OS_NETBSD:
do_bootm_netbsd (cmdtp, flag, argc, argv,
addr, len_ptr, verify);
break;


#ifdef CONFIG_LYNXKDI
case IH_OS_LYNXOS:
do_bootm_lynxkdi (cmdtp, flag, argc, argv,
addr, len_ptr, verify);
break;
#endif


case IH_OS_RTEMS:
do_bootm_rtems (cmdtp, flag, argc, argv,
addr, len_ptr, verify);
break;


#if (CONFIG_COMMANDS & CFG_CMD_ELF)
case IH_OS_VXWORKS:
do_bootm_vxworks (cmdtp, flag, argc, argv,
addr, len_ptr, verify);
break;
case IH_OS_QNX:
do_bootm_qnxelf (cmdtp, flag, argc, argv,
addr, len_ptr, verify);
break;
#endif /* CFG_CMD_ELF */
#ifdef CONFIG_ARTOS
case IH_OS_ARTOS:
do_bootm_artos (cmdtp, flag, argc, argv,
addr, len_ptr, verify);
break;
#endif
}

可知，do_bootm函数调用do_bootm_linux函数启动Linux内核，当定义了CONFIG_PPC是，将使用common/cmd_bootm.c文件中的do_bootm_linux;当没有定义时，将调用lib_arm/armlinux.c文件中的do_bootm_linux函数。